Terrell Suggs may refuse to report if not claimed by Ravens

The Cardinals have placed Terrell Suggs on waivers, making him available to be claimed on Monday by any of the 31 other teams. But Suggs only wants to go to one team: The Ravens.

Suggs very much wants to return to Baltimore, where he played from 2003 to 2018, and may not even report if any other team claims him, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.

It’s not surprising that Suggs would want to go where he knows the players and coaches, and to a Ravens team that is currently the favorite to win the Super Bowl. But would Suggs refuse to show up if some other team claims him? If so, he’d be turning down the $352,940 he’s owed for the final two weeks of his 2019 salary.

Given that Suggs has made more than $100 million in his career, however, he probably doesn’t need that money. He probably cares more about going to a place where he’s comfortable, and where he has a good chance of winning a ring.

The Ravens are last in the waiver order, and it might be wise for some other AFC playoff contender to claim him, if for no other reason than to keep him off the Ravens.

So this is fine and makes total sense but somehow the Pats were cheating when they were able to claim Blount on waivers, and Blount was able to be reunited with a team and coaching staff he was familiar with and where he had a good chance at winning a ring.

The post assumes the Ravens want to bring him back. Are we sure about that?

I think that Terrell should have said absolutely nuthin’ – I expect that he’s a lousy poker player, too. Let any “feelers” be put out by his agent . . . that also gives him plausible deniability if necessary (Tricky Dick Nixon’s favorite term).

Listen Terrell Suggs is Baltimore Royalty. He is idolized by Ravens fans. However, this current Ravens team has some of the best team chemistry I’ve ever seen. This is Lamars team now. Suggs is a BIG personality and frankly I’m not sure his production supersedes any potential disruption to this run the Ravens are on. I can’t see Decosta picking him up.

Well, if he has informed teams that this IS indeed the case… and they DO claim him anyway to block the Ravens… he could report, and then sabotage them! I mean… would anyone complain if Suggs went to New England and then relayed info to Baltimore? And he still collects that check!

watermelon1 says:
December 14, 2019 at 7:58 pm
Well, if he has informed teams that this IS indeed the case… and they DO claim him anyway to block the Ravens… he could report, and then sabotage them! I mean… would anyone complain if Suggs went to New England and then relayed info to Baltimore? And he still collects that check!

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typical. so from your post i see that youre righteous about anything new england has been accused and railroaded for, but its ok for somebody to blatantly cheat them. gotcha.

The arrogance is astounding by Suggs. I say this as a die-hard Pat’s Homer: Some Baltimore sports writer should ask Suggs this question directly: “Who specifically should the best team in the AFC, if not the league, waive in order to make room for you Terrell?”

He may not get claimed due to his salary, but the Steelers simply aren’t doing their job if they don’t claim him. They can’t let him go to Baltimore or New England. Even if he’s not a stud anymore, just having a vet like that on the team who can rush the passer fresh isn’t good.

riverhorsey says:
December 14, 2019 at 10:50 pm
Should just make a rule that if you refuse to go to the team that claims you that you’re done for the year.
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That is pretty much how it works. A team that claims him holds that claim until the NFL season is over.

He was great. He’s not, anymore. Cards would not have waived him if they thought he could still play. Sure, he’d like to get on a possible SB team, but I doubt they feel the need and why mess with a hot team’s psyche.

Next step will be to retire next year as Raven and Ring of Honor. Father time wins again.

Ravens would take him back – a few minor mid season defensive additions could easily be cut or come up with mystery injury to go on IR – my guess is another Playoff contender in AFC will claim him and then his career ends on the “Did Not Report” list

Should just make a rule that if you refuse to go to the team that claims you that you’re done for the year

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Never thought about that before but that sounds like a great idea. There’s a way things are done and if you don’t like it then it needs to be addressed in the next CBA but until then these guys need to honor their commitments and their contracts. There are no extenuating circumstances here and there’s no reason why he should be able to refuse any team who claims him because he doesn’t want to be there.